Toy spring type repeating pistol



United States Patent Inventor Appl. No. Filed Patented Assignee TOY SPRING TYPE REPEATING PISTOL 3 Claims, 3 Drawing Figs.

US. Cl 124/27, 124/36 Int. Cl F4lb 7/08 Field of Search 124/26, 27, 28, 37, 49, 50, 36, 30

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,371,249 3/1945 Majewski 124/27 2,545,358 3/1951 Jenkins 124/27 3,191,342 6/1965 Chalmers l24/30X FOREIGN PATENTS 766,741 4/1934 France H l24/36UX 938,142 3/1948 France 124/27 Primary Examiner George J. Marlo Assistant Examiner- William R. Browne Attorney- Charles R. Fay

ABSTRACT: A toy repeating pistol for shooting pellets placed loosely in a magazine, the gun having a trigger which is retractable against a main spring for impelling the pellets held singly in the barrel by means of a flexible finger, the spring cutting off the entry of further pellets until such time as the trigger is pulled back, the trigger and spring having interengaging means with a releasing device whereby at a certain instant of stress on the spring it is automatically. released to move forward under its own power to strike the pellet and move the same through the barrel past the flexible finger.

Patented Aug. 25, 1970 3,525,323

INVENTOR RENE R. CARBONNEAU ATTORNEY TOY SPRING TYPE REPEATING PISTOL This invention relates to a new and improved automatically acting toy pistol having a magazine to hold a plurality of spherical pellets which drop by gravity one by one in front of a portion of a main spring under control of a retractable trigger, the trigger being constructed and arranged to press the spring backwardly, allowing a pellet to drop from above into a position where it is held against rolling out of the barrel by a flexible finger, there being but one pellet in the barrel in front of the spring, and there being means for releasing the spring from the trigger so that the spring is then free to fly forwardly to strike the pellet and move it past the flexible finger, through the barrel, and out of the gun, the trigger having a portion preventing any further pellets from dropping down into position until such time as the trigger is once more re-engaged with the spring and retracted, to repeat the shot.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a view of the mechanism of the gun, one part of the gun being removed;

FIG. 2 is a similar view showing the other part of the gun, the firing mechanism being removed; and

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view in section on line 33 of FIG. 1.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the toy pistol of the present invention is of the type consisting of two main molded plastic shells l and 12 which fit together at the peripheries thereof and at certain other places to form the barrel, frame, receiver, grip 14, etc. The gun is hollow in general and both parts of the gun are provided with projecting or upstanding ribs generally indicated at l6, l8 and 2 0 in one part, and corresponding ribs in the other part at 16', 18 and 20'. The ribs 16' and 20' substantially come together forming an enclosed barrel having an open muzzle at 22, the ribs 18 and 18' being shorter and with the other ribs forming in general a fairly close passage for round pellets 24 which are held in a magazine generally in front of a partition 26 for a purpose to be described. These pellets are entered through an entry port from the outside of the gun at 28 closed by a sliding cover 30.

The combined ribs 16 are reduced forming an entry port as at 32 to allow one single pellet only to drop into the barrel where it is supported on portions 34 of ribs 20 and 20, the port 32 being of a size to allow the dropping of one pellet only and the barrel being of a size to receive one pellet only. When the pellet drops into this position, it is held against rolling out of the barrel by gravity by means of a flexible finger 36 extending transversely, i.e., generally diametrically across the barrel where indicated and having a mounting lug 38 embedded or held in a box-like member 40 which is a part of the molding 10.

There is an aperture 42 in each of the two shells forming a trigger opening for the trigger 44 which has a return spring 46 maintaining it in the position shown in FIG. I but allowing it to be retracted. The trigger has a relatively long guide portion 48 which is guided by various parts of the moldings 10 and 12 as at 50 and also by the guideway 52 in respect to a lug 54 on the trigger. The trigger has a shoulder 56 just to the rear of a slanting cam surface 58 and a rear cam follower terminal portion 60, there being therefore a recess 62 between shoulder 56 and the element 60 and the main body portion 64 of the main spring at an intermediate portion is normally held therein, see FIGS. 1 and 3.

The main spring is wound at 66 to provide a tension arm 68 and at its opposite end is bent around into a generalinverted U shape as indicated at 70 forming a portion underlying the entry port 32 and an initial pellet A in the magazine and preventing it from dropping down into the position described above on the support 34 as long as the parts are as shown in FIG. 1. However when the trigger is retracted, t he shoulder 56 moves the main portion of the spring towards the rear as for instance shown in dotted lines. The pellet A will therefore drop down behind finger 36 in front of the spring. When the striking the pellet, and impelling forwardly the barrel, deflecting the finger 36 as shown in dotted lines in FIG. 1 allowing the pellet to move through the barrel and out of the gun.

On the return stroke of the trigger under influence of the trigger spring, the cam surface 48 moves the wire 64 in a direction relatively speaking up the incline 56 and then it snaps into the notch 6 2 as shown in FIG. 3 because the spring is held against any lateral motion by the parts of the guides 20 and 20' as well as by a side surface of the magazine deflected or barrier 26. It is to be understood that these parts find their complements in both of the shell parts and 12, and generally come together, but in the area of the barrier 26, do not come together but instead are slightly spaced in order to form a lateral guide for the main spring in the area at 70.

The ribs 16, 16, etc., are located on an incline relative to the sighting plane, e.g., along a line at 76 so that even though the pellet is of relatively light weight plastic, the trajectory appears to be flatter and the rang is greater than would be the case were the barrel to be level.

I claim:

1. A toy repeating gun comprising a barrel, a magazine for pellets arranged above the barrel, an entry port between barrel and magazine, said entry port being of a size allowing pellets to drop one by one only into the barrel, flexible means in the barrel normally preventing a pellet in the barrel from located in the barrel for striking the pellet therein and impelling it through the barrel deflecting the flexible member,

said main spring also having a stop normally aligned with said.

entry port and preventing entrance of pellets into the barrel in the absence of actuation of the trigger, said main spring stop being retracted with the main spring to clear the entry port upon actuation of the spring by the trigger,

and means for disengaging the trigger from the spring at a predetermined point during the rearward movement of the trigger to allow the spring to return to original position and strike the pellet, said disengaging means including a fixed cam arranged to move said trigger slightly laterally for disengaging the spring from the trigger.

2. A toy repeating gun comprising a barrel, a magazine for pellets arranged above the barrel, an entry port between barrel and magazine, said entry port being of a size allowing pellets to drop one by one only into the barrel, flexible means in the barrel normally preventing a pellet in the barrel from falling through the barrel and out the muzzle, a main spring, a

trigger, interengaging means between said trigger and main spring for retracting the main spring upon retraction of the trigger by the operator, said main spring having a portion located in the barrel for striking the pellet therein and impelling it through the barrel deflecting the flexible member,

said n ain spring also having a stop-normally aligned with said entry port and preventing entrance of pellets into the barrel in the absence of actuation of the trigger, said main spring stop being retracted with the main spring to clear the entry port upon actuation of the spring by the trigger,

the interengaging means between the spring and the trigger including a lateral shoulder on the trigger, the spring normally lying behind said shoulder so as to be pressed back upon retraction of the trigger, and means slightly moving the trigger laterally to free the spring from the shoulder during rearward movement of the trigger allowing the rel and magazine, said entry port being of a size allowing pellets to drop one by one only into the barrel, flexible means in the barrel normally preventing a pellet in the barrel from falling through the barrel and out the muzzle, a main spring, a trigger, interengaging means between said trigger and main spring for retracting the main spring upon retraction of the trigger by the operator, said main spring having a portion located in the barrel for striking the pellet therein and impelling it through the barrel deflecting the flexible means, said main spring also having a stop normally aligned with said entry port and preventing entrance of pellets into the barrel in the absence of actuation of the trigger, said main spring stop being retracted with the main spring to clear the entry port upon actuation of the spring by the trigger and said interengaging means between the main spring and the trigger resides in a lateral shoulder on the trigger, the spring normally lying behind said shoulder so as to be pressed back upon retraction of the trigger, and means slightly moving the trigger laterally to free the spring from the shoulder during rearward motion of the trigger allowing the spring to move forwardly under its own power to strike the pellet, and a trigger spring to return the trigger to forward position, and cam means on the trigger adjacent the shoulder for camming the main spring past said shoulder upon return of the trigger under action of said trigger spring. 

